May 13, 2025 | Working Smarter
MSP stands for Managed Service Provider. It refers to companies that provide managed IT services for an organization. Rather than just making a list of IT services and products available to a company, a managed IT approach is tailored to a company’s specific needs....
Jul 25, 2024 | Working Smarter
Comparing Privately-Owned, Franchise, and Large Corporate IT Companies Different companies have different reasons to seek outside managed IT service providers (MSPs). A small to mid-sized business might need outside resources to provide a full range of IT services...
Jul 3, 2024 | Technology, Working Smarter
Understanding the various Microsoft 365 and Office 365 products and deciding what’s right for your organization can be somewhat daunting. With all the re-naming, reorganizing, deletions, additions, re-naming, changing, and updating, it’s definitely a...
Jun 6, 2024 | Cybersecurity, Working Smarter
What is a phishing email? Your first line of defense is to recognize a phishing email when you get one and to not fall for their tricks. Phishing is when you receive an email or text message that looks innocent and routine, but is actually designed to steal...
Jul 30, 2023 | Working Smarter
IT asset management (or ITAM) is the overseeing of a company’s IT-related equipment, software, and licenses so that they are identified, inventoried, kept track of, distributed, and monitored for upgrades, renewal, retirement, and/or replacement. IT assets can include...
Jul 21, 2023 | Cybersecurity, Working Smarter
Hive Systems, a cybersecurity company located in Richmond, Virginia, conducts a study each year that examines how long it takes hackers to crack a password based on its composition. Obviously the simpler and shorter it is, the easier it is to crack. The longer and...
